Quasi

Birth by birth, we're cast out on this earth, To a welcome of blood and screams. Days roll past - any one might be your last As you run at your fleeting dreams. And when you're gone, your ghost can carry on. If you never taste it you don't know what it's...

I went and sold my soul so I could pay my rent I waited by the mail, but the check was never sent So I called the Devil up, but I just got his machine I left an angry message, said "I gotta have the green" I didn't give up then, but I made another plan If...

A taste of success is a waste of success On such a total mess. I walk around, all over town, Just staring at the ground All bent out of shape over you. I'm all too sane, it's all too plain, Yet I never could explain. So I read a magazine with a picture...

I'm not going to give it up for free anymore And I don't really care if you label me a whore. Frayed at the edges, busted at the seams, I can walk with a song and sleep with my dreams. You can cover up your chains and call yourself free; It doesn't really...

A machine came knocking at my door Lost and alone; hungry for oil. I could see he wouldn't get too far Shape of a man; soul of a car. Soon we'll all be dead. It makes me feel so comfortable. What I see and what I think I hear Clouds in my eye; rust in m...

I'm an old Baboon, you're a Barbary ape I'm an old Baboon, you're a Barbary ape: Two different creatures with a similar shape. With a bullet to the head or a razor to the vein With a bullet to the head or a needle to the vein You leave this world behind,...

Birds fighting in mid-air And all the sky is theirs. Theirs: all of the sky Yet they peck another's eye. Free as a bird... Or is that just a word? Oh, to be free To free myself from me.  

Same town, same streets: different worlds. Same bed, same sheets: different worlds. Same cloudy sky over you and I Same tears; different eyes... Bon voyage to you, bon voyage to me. You go by land; I will go by sea. You can put down roots; I'll drift aim...

Life is full life is grey: At its best it's just OK. But I'm happy to report Life is also short. So I find myself back in California - I'm a coolie for the tourists, those happy Epicureans: Evil spectres from my own suburban upbring. As I reveal points...

Back the fuck away from it, and leave it where it lies. How many stabbings can it take before it dies? I got the message like a bullet to the head. No wishful thinking now could help bring back the dead. I never noticed as you turned into a ghost. You co...

Molecules dissipate, Disperse and recoagulate. Breathing in and out, There is nothing more. I am mist, you are steam We are clouds. We are drifting away. In one of many heavens Blue light prevails We dream perfect music, We hang from our tails. In o...

Warms you up inside Soothes your wounded pride But your gold turns to lead As it goes to your head And you cry Drunken tears once again, my friend So what if you're not the genius You always thought you were? Nobody hears the brilliant words Between...

The sun still rises, the moon still shines; I've seen it over ten-thousand times. But this may be the year I will disappear. Come through my window, not through my door; Leave me a number I can ignore. Then go tell everyone what we might have done. And d...

I might have been around, but you're not so chaste. You're quick to put it down, but you still want a taste. And you're always asking for some sharp reply; Except when you're asking for a smack in the eye. You could never hurt me, if that's what you mean....

When you drop out of site And you just don't care It's okay, it's alright You're almost there If you can't sleep at night And you hair grows gray It's alright, it's okay You're on your way You don't know this song And it just seems wrong It's okay, i...

You got a diamond ring: it's just another hollow thing. You got your career: you chose boredom over fear. You got a righteous cause: all I see are fatal flaws. You got the newest style: it won't be new in a little while. You got the future, too: I don't mi...

It won't stop bleeding Once you've opened up it's skin. It's not healing - let the games begin. But a ghost can feel no pain and a ghost will have no harm. The blood rolls down the drain; No substance and no form... It kept on dreaming clothed itself i...

It would be so nice if I could only see. I've got eyes, ears and noses, skin and tastebuds But they're all useless to me I can't see nothing. A ghost is no rival to a vampire. It's not mine to choose if I win or I lose But he who laughs last laughs the l...

Goblins of memory, creeping through the door Trolls of anxiety, crouching on the floor... And every one was there to haunt me in my fear. But now that you're near, I can make them disappear Back to their lair 'til the time when you're not there. It all sp...

They say hold on to your dreams That plays good on TV But never worked for me So now I need to find a way to occupy my time Until the day I die Cause I give up I give up It's gone so wrong, so long It's gone so wrong So wrong So long I give up 

I know the ether can never claim the earth Atmospheric gasses cannot remain with dirt We purchase pleasure, and pay for it with hurt And we rarely get our money's worth See how we grasp at the stars ? They're so far away You can't even see what's right i...

I used to think love was real, But it's just the way you feel at the moment When it's gone it's like you never existed In the first place. I used to think you were mine, Mistaken all the time we were together. Now you're gone it's like we never existed...

It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mean nothing to me now. It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mean nothing to me now. It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mean nothing to me. It don't mea...

You turn me on and it's hard to turn me on: Mornings I tell you what I dreamed Before we're swalllowed by the work machine, And spit out in the vening drained half dry. And that is why you turn me on and it's hard to turn me on. We traveled many miles to...

It's raining, It's raining. There is nothing you can do it doesnt only rain on you but youre acting all upset like youre the only one who is wet. It's raining, It's raining. There is nothing we can do its raining on me too you moan and you cry but i...

Six years pass, Stars fall without wishes. Missed were the chances; Realized now with kisses. Please come find me I'll wait here forever. If mountains are beacons I'll find you I know. And the man in white shows us what's right together in the snow....

Paralyzed - every path seems so unwise. Might as well just close your eyes, flip a coin - Let's just go. The more that you see, the less you seem to be free. Is that how to be? If I'm not around, you know where I'll be found: I live underground on the da...

And how is His Highness tonight? You know it's never quite right. We bend over backwards for you; And that's the least we could do For the spoiled little boy Little Lord Fontleroy. And the tea is on the silver tray; Wolfhounds in the sculpture garden T...

Who says blood is thicker than water? Who still believes that three is a magic number? One plus one plus one equals nothing Mama, Papa or Baby?  

I never thought I'd say the things I said. I never thought I'd let them out of my head. I dream of you, but don't know what to do Time is standing still again. How can I sleep on a frozen lake, Trying to decide upon the smaller big mistake? I don't know...

I'm fixing up my coffin Where one day I will lie. I can hardly wait until The day when I should die. I'm beveling the edges to make it nice and strong. One day I shall die and I hope it won't be long. I'm fixing up my coffin I'm building it with care,...

You can be so heartless I can be heartless too We can wound each other Isn't that what people do ? How can we betray when there's nothing to betray We can throw it all away If there's nothing there anyway Nothing from nothing leaves nothing  

Drifting by, from nothing into nowhere, Inside someone's dream - is it mine? A cardboard panorama in an empty void; Stars, like diamonds, shining in an endless sky. Close your eyes - see how clear the darkness is this time? We shake hands and we smile, R...

Orbiting pods, underwater domes We fill our tanks with oxygen to step outside our homes. Once it was hard, now it's just routine And I can't tell the difference between people and machine. Love wasda problem for our ancestors; It's not such a problem anym...

You never cried, you never froze And yet how well your garden grows You reap the fruits another sows: I guess that works out well for you. Suffering has served you well - It's common but it somehow sells So sing your little songs of hell and sell. Hollo...

Flail me [Don't you know..] I desire to be flailed Jail me Impale me Brain me [Tell me now...] Whats the use of a brain Maim me Chain me Why do you hurt me ? You asked for it Oh, well I guess I regret that now. Flail me [Don't you know..] I d...

Repair the hull, replace the sails. The monkey wrestles with the ghost And a thousand pleasures form a thin veneer Over lack of hope. The captain was rightly murdered by the crew But now they don't know what to do - Drifting on the murky Sargasso of the...

You don't have to understand it to make it Or make it go away. You can't walk around pretending to fake it It doesn't work that way. You don't have to be a pro to play. You might believe it's just a delusion Or you might think it's real. You don't have...

Common as the cold Up for sale, never sold Getting older and it shows Your disappointment only grows And no one seems to care That you never got your share Who said life was fair? So smile - it's not so bad You lost your health Never had no wealth So...

You can't make a giant Just by stretching out a dwarf. One person's beauty mark is Another person's wart. Just a spoonful of sugar makes the poison go down fine, It makes the poison go down fine. If everything is a movie just projected in your head, You...

So far so good, The obstacles fall where they should. The sky is clear for miles, And Judy erupts with a smile. She's free from her uglier ways. Breakdown - abandon all that you know. Breakdown - let your bitterness go. The Curse of having it all, Wo...

Shoot yourself in the leg And the goose lays the golden egg. I had that golden egg before, But it disappeared as I limped out the door. Never reveal what you know That the whole thing is just for show: A cardboard world with painted skies, Because we al...

Everyday we earn our meager pay But it takes its toll to play the happy prole. The buy your labor, try to steal your soul - Bite the bullet, hold your tongue and play the happy prole. Paranoid and tired - quit before you're fired. But they've got you in t...

I don't care if it gets too cold. I don't care if it gets too old. I don't care if I'm all alone. I don't care that you'll never know. I don't care if you don't love me And I don't care if you never loved me. Even when I'm with you I'm not there. I don'...

You only hurt the one you love That may be true But better said, you only hurt the one who loves you We went through hell Just to get to hell Die of thirst of drink up form the poisoned well I kept the things inside At least I never lied I'm not tryi...

When the dream comes to an end And I wake up once again, It's no surprise anymore When the knock comes on my door. And I go from place to place And always see your face; But you're not there anymore When the knock comes on my door. So I stayed awake al...

Now you are more free Than you really want to be. No one holds you in place, And you're drifting off in space. And the stars are all you see- Far away as they can be. And the star you left behind Gets dimmer all the time. And the problems that you made...

Against the grain, a stray from the herd Jumped up on the stage to mumble empty words. A walking anachronism; a real museum piece A drug-dazed Argonaut, without the Golden Fleece. Just then the Sword of God sppeared out of thin air... Meanwhile everyone w...

I can't believe you were so naive. Ignorance was bliss - easier than this. It makes perfect sense; you had no defence Except foolish pride - you would hide inside. This isn't heaven and you are only human oh, how dissappointing. How far away from the pas...

Fail us down we'll fall Spin your web tight So you could end it all Or shine so bright Do you miss me ? Will we always be wrong ? Am I just a memory Who plays along ? Happy sad it makes me mad I knew when you cried What happened tonight Tomorrow you...

You've left at last, I knew you could, Leaving nothing to remember you by Except how to be happy And how not to care anymore. Two by two - these things weren't meant for you. Your call never came, I wish that it would, So I could have something to reme...

Two-Faced One for up front, One for behind the back. I never had a clue. What can a blind man do? I guess I was bound to lose. I don't know myself and I don't know no one else. I don't know false from true. What can a blind man do?  

The summer sun stood up in the sky And looked back down like it's some kind of eye. "I've got nothing to hide," I said out loud, But I feel much better when I'm under a cloud. So I climbed up the hill of all I've destroyed, And looked out into the gaping...

Do you want to be loved, or do you want to be free? Do you want to go down with the ship that is me? Do you want to grow up, or will you stay behind, In the world well-contained in your precious little mind? And who am I to judge if it's right or if it's w...

When I'm dead you'll be living, standing in the funeral home. How to best dispose of this dead body now? Cremation? Donation to medical experimentation? Or maybe you'd prefer a simple burial? Then find someplace to carve the headstone, Tt don't matter wh...

You fucked yourself And you don't know where to go Split wide open like a sturgeon for the row Blood was splashed on pure white snow You fucked yourself And youre looking for the go Drown in your sink Condemned if you float You placed the blame but mi...